Senior Auditor     

Reference no: Newcastle 6209813831523   

Pay rate up to £21.68 per hour PAYE depending on experience (tbc)   

To contribute towards the delivery of an effective and efficient internal audit service to the Council (and relevant external bodies) 

Key responsibilities: 

• To plan and complete complex internal audit assignments as allocated by the Principal Auditor in line with internal quality standards, performance targets and professional audit standards. 
• To provide advice and guidance to officers of the Council, partners, project groups and boards in respect of improving efficiency and effectiveness of the control environment, system development and the prevention and detection of fraud.  
• To undertake the external audit of grant claims and provide an independent opinion to a funding body on whether grant monies have been spent in line with the grant criteria.  
• To maintain a detailed knowledge of systems operations, including the principles of assurance, control, value for money, performance management, risk management, security and information governance and to apply this to all audit work.  
• To interpret complex cases of suspected fraud and corruption and conduct investigations in line with legislation and industry standards to achieve the most appropriate outcomes for the Council as allocated by the Principal Auditor.  
• To provide input and feedback to the Head of Audit and Strategic Risk to contribute towards the formulation of the annual and strategic audit plan prior to it being approved by the Audit Committee for the relevant body.  
• To identify, develop and report on cost effective, efficient and practical audit recommendations to address control weaknesses, inefficiencies, poor value for money and inadequate performance, which when implemented add value to business processes across the Council, and to discuss these with Senior Management.  
• To support Head Teachers and school governors in achieving the Schools Financial Management Standard (SFVS) through compliance reviews at schools, liaison with Schools Forum and Head Teachers and contributing towards training for Governors and Head Teachers. 
• To contribute to the development of policies and procedures.  
• To work closely with risk management colleagues to ensure effective communication of risks in preparing and planning audits and identifying issues for consideration within risk registers 

“Role Requirements” – to give yourself the maximum chance of success please try and ensure your CV addresses the following essential criteria: 

• PIIA; MAAT or part qualified CCAB 
• Sound knowledge and understanding of internal auditing 
• Knowledge of local government and the current public sector environment 
• Knowledge of the Public Sector Internal Audit Standard 
• Knowledge of auditing of ICT systems 
• Experience of undertaking audit assignments, reviews, evaluations, studies or investigations of complex or sensitive systems and processes 
• Experience of working to specified quality standards and to deadlines 
• Experience of working in an internal audit or local government finance environment 
• Good written communication skills including the ability to write reports and present work clearly 

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If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.